Haiti - Football U-17 : An honorable defeat for our Grenadières
Friday as part of the preparations for the third phase of the elimination of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation (CONCACAF) to be played in Nicaragua in April 2018, counting for the FIFA World Cup Uruguay 2018 our Grenadières U-17 met again for their second friendly match the powerful American selection that humiliated them Wednesday [5-0] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22996-haiti-football-u-17-our-grenadieres-humiliated-by-the-usa-[5-0].html
Coaches Fiorda Charles Lamarre Wilner and have well learned the lessons of the 1st friendly match, Friday they had formed a very compact team leaving the initiative of the game to the Americans and proceeding against attack. Only once at the beginning of the match, because of the referee's negligence to whistle a blatant out-of-play, the Americans found the opening and scored a goal against Haiti [1-0].
But later the American players stumbled on a solid Haitian defense which with a solid But later the American players stumbled on a solid Haitian defense which with application thwarted all their attempts. Better on 2 or 3 occasions, our young Grenadières have been close to equalize, surprising the Americans in front of so much resistance who did not find the match as easy as last Wednesday https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22996-haiti-football-u-17-our-grenadieres-humiliated-by-the-usa-[5-0].html
Despite all the efforts of our national team, the final score remained unchanged [1-0] for the US team.
